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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jlmelancon:
I'm sort of with the OP in wanting to know about any rom based on ICS. I've searched the forums and google to no avail. I'm seeing other devices getting a version of CM9, but nothing for the Skyrocket yet.

So, my question is this: Is anyone working on an ICS rom for the Skyrocket such as CM9? If I had the know-how I'd be all over that since we have such a great and powerful phone. I know AT&T and Samsung will eventually release ICS, but it'll never compare to the likes of CyanogenMod.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
No no ones working on it. Why make a hacked up version. Thats not very functional. When our update is just around the corner. We will see ics, and mabye cm9 but.not until theres a leak for the skyrocket or the actuall update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jlmelancon:
Thanks. Like some others I'm an impatient type...especially after using ICS on my HTC Incredible. Can hardly wait to have it on my Skyrocket, but will sit quietly (maybe) and wait.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Turbojugend:
Not saying this to start a flamewar or anything but why are so many people with talent focusing on old roms and tweaks and not ICS? IMO this is what is hurting Android with better development etc, it seems like iOS hacking and tweeking seems to be more tight-knit and innovative, where Android seems to just have (almost) the same thing over and over again.

Now, I am not saying it is the same, there are obviously very difficult functions and programming that needs to be done, but I don't get why all efforts by everyone wouldn't be focused on ICS since it is what Android needs, a fresh new OS that could change the game.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
so you want us to randomly pull kernel source for ICS (linux kernel 3.0+) out of our ass?

samsung has not provided us with enough driver libraries/binary blobs that work properly with AOSP GB, let alone ICS.

the problem here is the manufacturers. they control the proprietary hardware/drivers we need to focus attention on something. we could hack something together, but it wouldnt be worth a crap, and by the time we got something working half decent, Official would be dropped on us with source and we would have to basically start fresh....

tl;dr: it is not worth the time it takes to try to hack something together until we have 'something' from samsung.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] draztikrhymez:
Exactly its not as simple as ics source code being out, you also need proper drivers for the hardware
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Turbojugend:
That answers a lot for me, like I said I am not too familiar coming from Iphone (day one, I just got a Samsung Galaxy S II LTE (Skyrocket))

So obviously you need the kernel to work with the OS, I didn't know they were not released.

Is it harder for phone hardware? Seems to be a lot of open source, or scene made drivers for, say video cards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
Android itself is OPEN. you can go and build your very own version of 4.0 ICS right now from source code. there are very few phones you can STABLY and RELIABLY run it on though.

The NEXUS line of phones exists for a reason. they are untouched by carriers (verizon teabagged the Galaxy Nexus a little), and do not have some stupid overlay on them. they are developer devices in that it is the first phone to get android updates straight from google (no manufacturer interference required).

every other phone is tainted with a manufacturer's UI. Touchwiz on Samsung phones (galaxy nexus is a samsung but they provided the hardware not the software), Sense on HTC, 'non-blur' on Motorola, whatever Sony calls theirs...lol, LG, etc

on top of that tainted Android interface is a carrier branding or lockdown (doesnt apply to the entire world, but im only referring to US here)

so google releases new version of Android

manufacturers build phone, and customize android to fit their model (this is where android almost stops being OPEN)

carriers get a hold of the manufacturers build of android and tweak and modify it themselves (more than likely they just tell the manufacturers what they want), as you know they love to include bloat and lock it down from the user

you receive your android phone after it has gone through all those steps....long process huh? we dont get updates to newer versions as quickly because of that long process...and they would rather us buy new phones instead of improving perfectly good hardware.

Android is open in the sense that manufacturers can use it however they wish, within reason. it is not necessarily meant to be 'open' to the average end user, and manufacturers dont want you messing with the phone they built. its the reason XDA is what it is today, albeit with roots deep in WinMo hacking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Hey Pirateghost Really great in-depth info with your permission I would like to add this info for noobs here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
sure. no problem. i am sure someone more enlightened than me can shed some more light on my post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] draztikrhymez:
You said it pretty much dead on.

Updates go Google, phone manufacturer, testing and changes/skin/additions, carrier, more testing and changes/additions, back to manufacturer, more testing with additions, back to carrier for rc testing, approved, released to consumers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Turbojugend:
Thanks PirateGhost, makes a lot of sense now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] GeezyF.Ladies:
Yes thanks pirate this info has helped me too should definitely be in the noob help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Already is there. thnx to Pirateghost
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AdamWill:
On the topic of open source drivers - writing a driver from scratch for a piece of hardware you didn't make yourself is extremely difficult, especially for something complex like a graphics adapter. It's not remotely a trivial operation. The nouveau driver for NVIDIA graphics cards, for e.g., only started getting vaguely usable 3D a couple of years back, and it's still far behind the official (proprietary) drivers in capabilities.

I don't know of any serious efforts to build third party open source drivers for undocumented cellphone hardware; it's just more work than anyone in the cellphone modding community has the resources to take on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] draztikrhymez:
This too, I mean you can make your own drivers but it's going to take a lot of work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Frogacuda:
Even adapting drivers from other similar devices seems to be out of reach of most modders. Although in this case, that point is moot since the Skyrocket will be one of the earlier phones to get ICS, it's not like there are a bunch of ICS phones with our chipset already floating around.

I guess we should consider ourselves lucky. We're probably getting it a lot sooner than most.

The downside is that they've utterly wrecked it with their proprietary UI crap, and made it look and function exactly like Gingerbread TouchWiz, but I guess that's why we're here at xda. Can't wait for CM9.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mossination:
Idk why people are complaining about the touchwiz. You can change it anyways. I was getting tired of looking at ics theme's everywhere now. Even though it does look good.
[HTC Sensation] o0ven0o:
I am trying to return my Htc Sensation to stock since my wifi doesn't work with custom roms :(. I've tried all the RUUs and everything I could find online. Can someone help?

sometimes it says error 132 signature error, and sometimes error 140 bootloader version error.

I can provide more info if necessary... Thanks
[HTC Sensation] dexter93:
Did you supercid?
[HTC Sensation] Elriond:
can't install RUU too... i've already done supercid... it can detect everything but I get to the words "htc" on phone... RUU will give me error 170/171...
[HTC Sensation] o0ven0o:
I've tried supercid make it doesn't work...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] albatros_1994:
hello everyone,if i flash with odin a clean samsung base all works well...but if i try to flash via cwm miui or ICS i can only see the cwm menu:every time i reboot,the phone goes automatically in the cwm menu.I have tried a full wipe before and after the rom flash but with no results...i need help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] albatros_1994:
Problem Solved
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Hello guys,

I would have not made this post without a reason! I have searched the froum and used google for over 2 days but dont have a solution for my problem that's why i opened the thread!

My SGS2 was on CyanogenMod 7 and i decided to try the leaked version of 4.0.3 (I9100XXKP8 to be exact) so i preformed a full backup via recovery!

After this i flashed 4.0.3 using ODIN and used it did a root on it and istalled CM9. I did this just to see the real difference between the 2 firmwares. Everything worked great i had no problems at all.

After i was finished playing around with the firmwares i decided to restore my CM7 backup! I had no problems booting into recovery and the restore worked fine! no errors or anything. After i selected to reboot my device i got a Kernel Panic and couldn't do anything!

So i flashed KI3 stock from sammobile and rooted it via CF and then again i tried to install CM7 which goes fine through the install no errors! when i select to reboot the phone i have the ''Samsung galaxy s2 screen'' in a reboot loop! I reflashed the phone again with KI3 and tried again i followed the instruction step by step including wiping data/factory reset and wiping cache the same thinghappens. I tried to restore the CM7 back which i made, the restore process goes through but i get a kernel panic! So i reflashed KI3 again i thought it could have been the bootloader... i got the old boot loader and flashed it but i keep getting the boot loop! The strange thing is i can flash CM9 and it works but CM7 will not install on my phone at all! I have tried flashing it 10 times in the last 2 days.

Can anyone help me fix this and get back to CM7 because i dont know what to do anymore my flash count went from 5 to 39 in the last 2 days!

Note: i have tried using recovery and RomManager neither of them work! Also tried Stable CM 7.1.0 and nightly builds!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
Try this and then restore again:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1363738
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Hi,

i have tried this now and i am still getting a reboot loop! So it dose not work at all :[
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syue87:
I'v had the same problem. It was solved by flashing the .pit file for cm7 with odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
That is very strange. I assume that you did a factory reset after that procedure?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Can you tell me where you got the cm7 .pit from? as i am using the one provided with the OFW of KI3... Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Yes i reset everything there was i did this whole guide step by step about 20 times tried everything! i even had help from the guys working on CM9. They couldn't help and told me to open a thread here :[
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
Well, the pit file is probably the best bet then. Good luck when you get it.

By the way I meant a factory reset after the kernel clean and restore.

Kernel clean -> restore -> factory reset.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
I have tried this still no luck :[ Also tried previous back ups but the are not working either. I also tried to flash Villian rom 3 now and the only thing that happens it stays on ''Samsung Galaxy s2'' screen no reboot or anything for bout 10 min. tried to go into recovery but it isn't working :[ back to flashing KI3 again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Which kernel were you using when you originally made that cm7 backup? Was it the stock cm7 kernel or perhaps siyah's? The kernel panics are probably due to using a cm9 kernel(recovery 5.5...) to restore a cm7 backup and then using cf-roots ki3 kernel(recovery 4.2...)to restore a cm7 backup. I'd try flashing siyah's kernel(recovery 5.0...) through odin and then try to restore that backup.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darrez:
Hv u try flash the cm7 twice in cwm before u reboot?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Good point, the first install is usually quick, the 2nd one takes much longer and does the whole shebang.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syue87:
The forum won't let me post links. Just google search "Odin_+Pit_+_Flashguide_-_I9100.rar".
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
I was using the stock Kernel from CM7 to create the backup! The problem is i cant install a clean version of cm7 at all i end up in a boot loop! But if it try to install CM9 i have no problem? I will try to flash recovery 5.0 and try again :]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Yes i have tried this about 10 times so far! I have read this on the Cyanogenmod forum but it didnt help : [
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Re flashed 5.0.2.7 recovery and tried to do a restore. now the phone is stuck in a reboot loop again! So this dose not work either :[
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Now i have also tried to do a fresh install of CM7 with the 5.0.2.7 recovery but it didn't work! I would be great full if anyone could help me!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Boot into recovery

wipe data/factory reset

goto mounts and storage > format system

install cm7 from sd card, then install it again right after

reboot

If this doesn't work throw the phone against the wall because this should work, unless flashing those bootloaders messed something up, or you flashed the wrong one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesome-member:
as a last resort....

flash stock firmware.

flash cfroot kernel

try to flash cm again.

always works for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
I have tried this as well!!! I was told by one of the CM9 members to do this! Didnt help :[ The thing is i got the old bootloader and flashed it unless there is more versions of it ????
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
When you say stock do you mean stock Ki3 or the firmware which was on my phone when i bought it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
The stock firmware that was on your phone originally, frankly i don't think it matters much but flash some older firmware through odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flafla:
hmph , i'm sorry i can't help you OP, but this thread makes me scared to try out CM9 :(

perhaps as info for other users that might experience this problem, does anyone have an idea what might have caused so many problems for the OP after flashing CM9?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Did you flash back your old modem? If you are still running the ICS modem, maybe that is the cause of your issues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
I have KI3 modem running on ICS atm i will try to do that now but don't think its going to make a difference :S
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Just tried with KI3 modem after i flash CM7 i get a boot loop :[
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Smash phone against wall now...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRize:
Got it sorted finally!!! Took out Sd card installed KG3! booted into KG3 formated phone and rooted! Went into recovery wiped data and dalvik installed CM7 2 times and it booted my little blue friend!!!! <3 CM7 :]

Just want to say thanks to everyone who gave me a hint or 2 :]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
Phew :-) I'm glad it worked out for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeMurphy:
Thanks man this helped me tons!! I had the same problem.

I had tried out CM9 on several occasions but lately I couldn't get back to CM7 without Kernel Panics or bootloops. Bizarre. Even using CM9 resurrection edition didn't help.

I installed KH1 vodafone/3mobile firmware from samfirmware site, and grabbed the XX-OXA-KH1 Kernel from the CF-ROOT thread in the Orignial Android Development thread on xda.

These steps got me out of trouble.

Step 1: Flash KH1 firmware in Odin using the PIT file and ensure "repartition is checked"

Step 2: Boot into KH1 firmware, reboot for good measure

Step 3: Go into settings, storage, then select "Format USB storage"

Step 4: Copy over your CM7 zip files to your now empty storage partition

Step 5: Follow the steps on the CF-ROOT thread to install the insecure kernel

Step 6: Boot phone into CWM and do all your wipes and factory resets, then do your CM7 install :)

Anyways, sorry to bring up an ancient thread but this was a lifesaver. Hopefully these steps help someone else out.
[EVO 4G General] Ultimatetechworm:
can some one give me a list of some roms that work on cricket really wel?

currently only myn warm 2.2 works on cricket with all features working including mms.. Ive been experiencing other roms not working properly.
[EVO 4G General] AirborneCmH:
Here you go. Hit the link below.

http://bit.ly/4kb77v
[EVO 4G General] nrm5110:
Your in the wrong section
[EVO 4G General] Team420:
LMAO!!!! Funny **** dude :D
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
Not true. My old rom Jiminy was fully functional with Cricket.

Any modern Sense rom is fully functional on Cricket now. I myself run MikG.

I was never able to get MMS working on any AOSP rom, the APN would never configure correctly, but anything Sense will work now.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ishater:
Hey folks,

The Amazon appstore has Asphalt 6 HD (Kindle Fire Edition) on sale for $0.99. It shows that it is not compatible with the NT.

Has anybody tried this game on an NT? (all reference I found are for the NC).

(Has anybody had luck with other Kindle Fire Edition type of apps?)

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Pete1612:
I tried it. It says that the App is not availeble for this device, please ask the store for a refund. But it works on my galaxy s2
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ishater:
Thanks Pete. I just saw that it was also available on the Android Market for $.99. Will probably get it there!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Pete1612:
well it also doesn´t work from the android market, the app is just not compatible with the nook tablet :S
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rjin9673:
I spoofed mine as a Nexus S, downloaded it through the Market and it works great!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
Spoofing?

How did you manage this?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dodgepot:
Try editing the build.prop using the information posted in this topic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20867566
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] codygs83:
I tried the droid 3 build.prop and no dice.

Tried the market version of Asphalt 6 and also a diff version I found online. Won't load past the intro screen. On the up side I did get Modern Combat 3, Dead Space, and Shadow Gun running flawlessly.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] HMG10:
If you can get the apk, it will run.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dodgepot:
Try the nexus S build.prop info. That's what's on my tab and it's running.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fr3quency:
When I flash a new ICS build, the contacts(synced) dont have high quality pictures. And I have to edit each one. Any way to get the NEEDED file in order not to edit every contact every time I flash a new ICS rom?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joseph168:
Everyone know where can I get digital transperant clock? I tried to search but seem not find the right one.

Appreciate you guys answer
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaosdefinesorder:
When I use a digital clock, I generally use Minimalistic text because I can manually control the format, contents (e.g. date and day etc) and the font
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuddyJoe83:
Don't HD Widgets or Beautiful Widgets have these?

Currently using this clock:
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jenden:
This is what's on my phone. I woke up one morning and my phone had this on the screen. Is there anything I can do with this? :confused:I was told to Flash using PDXXX.IMG, but I think that's for HTC smart phones only. Please Help :eek:

P.S. The Volume buttons on the side that controls the selection on that screen isn't working.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wardcst:
You need to down load odin 1.3

Use it to flash eh03 full stock which you will also need to download

you should be up and running in about 10 minutes
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
follow section 4 of this guide...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dagnelino:
in ICS the Email app (not Gmail) support the Pinch for zoom ...the same app called GMAIL :D not...it's strange, is possible to Mod the App for support this function?

and is possible to disable the orizonthal swype for change the email to read?... and change the value of zoom MIN ? the MIN default is to big...:D

THX!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] k_myk:
I accidentally found some gingerbread in ICS UI :p in APN settings, taping on any APN shows orange gingerbread-like tint:D I thought I'd share my finding to break waves of complain threads :D

Stock 4.0.1 :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Thank you for this refreshing topic ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] xxxrichievxxx:
Is there any way to fake the user agent while using the web browser on my windows phone 7? The only thing I dislike about my HD7S is that almost all of the websites are full desktop size, I like how it showed my web pages on my iPhone before I ditched it for this HD7S. Another thing is-is there any hack that will also block any ads on apps? Being tied to a limited amount of data that I can use a month, that would come in handy while using ad based apps.

Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
This question belongs in the Q&A forum, not the Dev & Hack forum. Nonetheless, since a mod hasn't closed it yet:

To change the user agent string to a "mobile" mode, open the Settings page for IE and switch it from Desktop to Mobile. However, you can't actually spoof the user-agent string; it just comes with two options.

No way that I know of to block ads in apps, but they use surprisingly little bandwidth. It might be possible to tweak HOSTS on the phone (if you have interop-unlock) to stop it from talking to the most common ad servers.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MJCS:
Blocking ads is really really rude. Websites cost a lot of money to run and the only way offset that is via advertisements or donations.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] OGCF:
Agree, but mostly because I'm running a one-man news website :P
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] thesecondsfade:
The few pennies you generate in revenue via ads is what makes the apps you use free. If you want to block the ads, buy the paid version of the app.

There's no faster way to discourage a developer from making apps than to block their only method of generating any sort of revenue.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] O_G:
Must of missed this one.

Not development.

Thread Closed
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cbyankees3:
Ok so I have been reading the forums for the past couple of weeks and have seen al of the bugs with gps(that i could care less about)and then I came across a wifi and Bluetooth bug. Where wifi drops to unusable levels when Bluetooth is in use. So my real question is is this a hardware or software problem and will it be usable to play online with a Bluetooth controller.

Thanks for your help.